Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch told a crowd of supporters about “cameras and red lights” he spotted in the audience. “It may not be any of you here but it’s blindingly obvious,” he continued, adding it was “mortifying”.
The actor is starring in a 12-week run of the play Hamlet.
Cumberbatch said: “I can’t give you what I want to give you which is a live performance that you’ll remember, hopefully, in your minds and brains whether it’s good, bad or indifferent, rather than on your phones. What I really want to do is try and enlist you. I don’t use social media and I’d really appreciate it if you did tweet, blog, and hashtag this.” He described it as ‘a horrible way to have to police what’s a wonderful thing’.
Sounds like it’s time to put those phones and cameras away if you want to call yourself a true fan.